“obedient to rulers, as to God...”
I don’t know about what Pope Leo was deriving his reasoning. In the US we don’t have rulers. We are a government of the people by the people
If you want to think tge revolutionary war was wrong go ahead.
Then go to the linked page I provided.
In the US we don’t have rulers. We are a government of the people by the people
That is mere sophistry. A government of the people by the people means they elect rulers. Otherwise you have no govern-ment. And once you elect government, you are obligated to obey it, aside from instances of requiring disobedience to God, as long as government exists which enforces laws.